Month: June 2023

Using AI with bioacoustics — from rainforests to backyards

After deploying The Guardian in rainforests, this new audio tool is for home users Topher White had a great idea in 2011. He was working as a volunteer in Indonesia in a gibbon reserve. Topher discovered the sound of illegal

Soundproofist June 20, 2023May 5, 2024 Activism, Apps, Podcast episodes, Solutions, Tools Read more

How to use smartphone apps to measure noise

Soundproofist looks at noise-measuring smartphone apps

Inexpensive decibel apps can capture noise data How loud is that noise? The next time you hear construction noise outside your window or get blasted by your neighbor’s leaf blower, you don’t have to wonder how loud it is —

Cary June 10, 2023May 25, 2025 Apps, Learning, Tools Read more